Harrow



March 9 1926.

J. PICK HARROW Filed Dec. 29 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet l March 9 1926e J. PCK

HARROW Filed Dec. 29, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 9, 1926.

UNITED sTATEsA `'.l'Al-lllliS PICK, 0F MARRIOTT, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

HARROW.

AppHcation filed December 29, 1923. Serial No. 683,398.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES Pioli, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of Marriott, in the Province of` Saskatchewan and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iarrows, of which the following is a 'speciiieation.

This invention relates to improvements in harrows and more particularly to improvements in means for adjusting harrows and the objects of the invention are to provide an economically constructed and eificient device of this character' that will enable a harrow to more satisfactorily perform the functions required of it. Y

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists essentially in the novel arrangement and construction of parts described in the present specification and illustrated bythe accompanying drawings Ithat form' part of the same.

Referring nowto the drawings, in which like characters ofl reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure, l Figure 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the improved harrow. f

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective detail of the axle and mechanism for raising and lowering the harrow- Figure 4 is a sectional detail of the axle in engagement with the trip-carrying members.

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Figure 3..

Figure 6 is aside elevation of frame supporting the trip mechanism.

Figure 7 is a side elevation of slotted framefor axle.

In the drawings, A designates an embodiment'of my improved harrow as a whole comprising a cart frame 10 consisting of sides 11 obliquely arranged and connected at the rear ends by a cross bar 12 on which are suitably mounted running wheels 13 and 14, the forward ends of the side bars being lfixedly connected at 15 and 16 to a draw-bar 17 to which are' flexibly connected whiflie-tree members 18 and 19.

20, 21, 22 and 23 are a plurality of harrows connected through chains 24 to the draw-bar 17.

On each end of the draw-bar 17 are secured the bent arms 25 and 26 `formed with eyes'to engage with axles 27 and 28, to which are connected the field wheels 29 and 30, carried on spindles 30a. l

An essential feature of my improved construction is the axles 27 and 28 which lare formed substantially square with cylindri-V cal end portions 31 and 32. p

Supported within the frame 10, on cross bars 33 and 34 and extending at right angles to the draw bar, inl spaced relationship to onevanother are ,frame members 35 and 36 of special formation, as shown in Figure 7 and having therein lslots 38 and 39. The slots 38 are adapted to receive the cylindrical end portions 31 and 32, while the slots 39 are designed to receive L-shaped pins 40 extending from the trip frame 42. The pins 40 extending through the slots 39 secure the trip frames to the frame members 35 and 36,

while at the same time similar to the axles ends 31- and 32 in the slots 38, the said pinsv are adapted to slide' backwardly in the slots 38, which action takes vthe 'strain off the axles, when the sharp yturn .at the end of the field is being made.

On the outer end of the trip frame 42 disc head pieces 43 are secured, centrally provided' with bushings 43"l through which extend the axle ends 31 and 32. The disc head pieces 43 are loosely mounted on these axle ends and provided with semi-circular guideways 44 positioned thereon, for the travel of an operating rod or shaft 45, all more fully described hereafter.

ForV regulating the engagement of the shafts 45 with the head'pieces 43, dogs 46 are pivotally mounted thereon at the outer ends of the guideways 44. At the opposite ends of said guideways and on the head pieces 43, trip members 47 are mounted, operated bv the driver vof the machine through `foot pedals 49 pivotally mounted on the members 42 and link-connected` through links 48, with the trip members.'

Referring now tothe means for raising and lowering the harrows and the operation of the same, these consist of pulley members 51 fixedlymounted on the squared portion of the axles 27 and 28 and vdesigned to engage with cables means 53 connecting them with the harrows, whereby, on the pulleys 51 being operated, the cables are tightened to raise the harrows and, on the pulleys 51 being released to unwind the cables, are

loosened to allow. the harrows tobe lowered.

In order to carry this out, the operating rods oilset adjacent their inner ends, extend outwardly parallel with the axles 26 and 27, and pass through the pulleymembers 51, terminating adjacent the wheels 29 and. 30, where they are formedwith rearwardly turned engaging ends 54. These ends 54 are adapted on operation of the trip mechanism to engage with ratchet wheels 56 and: 57 connected through the inwardly extended hubs 56a and 57 a with the wheels 29` and 30.

In order that the weight of the machinemiay be distributed evenly, a tensioning chainl or the like 59-is connectedto one of the wliiiiletrees 19 at one end and to theaxle 27 at the other end, andadapted to passaround a pulley member 60 on the drawbar 17.

In operation, whenit is desiredto raise the harrows, the driver operates the pedals 49` opera-ting the trip members 47, which in turn push the inner ends of the rods 45 in line with the outer surface of the guideway 44, atthe saine time, through this movement, engaging the outer ends 54 of the rods 45 with the ratchet wheels 56` and 57. The rods 45 then; rotate with the land wheels, the inner ends of the rods travelling on the` outer surface of the guides 44, andthe main portion of the rods passing through the pulley members 51 consequently turn the axles `27 and 28. andthepulley members 51, thusrais ing the harrows, ihen the inner ends of the rods 45 travelling' on the guideways 44y reach the outer ends of said guideways they come in contact with the dogs 4G, and are deflected 'from their path Yof travel, disengaging the outer ends 54 of the rodsl 454 from the ratchet wheels 56 and 57.

OnA the disengagement oliv the turned portion 54fo'f the rod 45, the weightof the suspended harrows rotates the .axles 27 and 28 and the pulley members 5l rearwardly, thus lowering themselves, while the inner ends of the rods 45 deflected fromf their path of travel on the torwardf movement by the dogs 46V travel around the inner surface Aoi the guideways 44V on` theA rearward motion and are received at the inner ends of the guidew-ays by the tripping nger of the trip member 47, ready for the nextI operation.

What I'clfaim` as my invention is:

l. A harrow litt of the character described,4 a trame mounted on land Wheels,

Va drawbar tixedly secured to the frame, axlesupportingbraclrets for the drawbar, a pair of axles, eld wheels. rotatably mounted on said axle, pulleys on the axles operatively connected tothe harrows, disc head pieces loosely mounted on the inner ends of said axles, guideways on the head pieces, ratchet members on the land wheel, means extending throughthe pulleys d eso-ned to engage the ratchet members and guideways to cause the pulleys to rotate, andl means for engaging and automatically disengaging said means.

2. In a device of the character described, the conirbination'with a' frame and a pair of axles rotatably supported in said frame and provided with lield wheels and a draw-bar, of Aa plurality. of harrows chain-'connected to said draw-bar and means for raising and lowering the harrowscomprising lifting pulleys xedly mounted on the machine axles, a longitudinally extending and. bent rodthrough said pulleys, ratchet wheels Atix` edly mounted adjacent the outer ends of the axles and trip engaging means` provided with a` guideway loosely mounted` on ,the inner ends of the axles, means onV said` rod for engaging the ratchet` wheels, the inner end of saidrod being designed .to travel in.y said trip receiving member and means operated from the drivers seat for `disengaging the rod from said member and comprising af trip lever operatively connected to a trip member designed tol open andclose the guideway on the trip receiving member,

whereby,` onthe guideway being closed, the

rod is operated to raise the harrows and whereby,` on reaching a predetermined point, the rod isdisengaged to automatically lower the harrows, y Y

3.. In a device of the character described, the combination with a frame and apair of axles rotatably supported in saidlframe and provided with field wheels and a draw-bar, of a plurality ot harrows chain-connected to said draw-bar and means `for raising and lowering the harrows comprising vlifting pulleys fixedly mounted on the `machine axles, a longitudinally extending and bent rod through saidY pulleys, ratchet wheels lixedly mounted adjacent the outer and squared ends of the axles and trip: engaging means provided with a guideway loosely mounted on the inner and rounded ends ot the axles, means` on saidi` rod for engaging the ratchet wheels, the inner end 'of said rodbeing designed to travelv in said trip receiving member and means operated` from the driversseat for disengaging the rod from said member and compri-sing a triplever operatively 4connectl ed to a trip member designed to open'and close the guideway on the trip receiving member, whereby, on the guideway being closed,

the rod is operated to raise ,the harrows'and whereby, on reaching a predetermined point, the rod is disengagedto automatically lower the harrows.

' 4. In a, device, of the character described comprising a lifting pulley ixedly mounted on the axle and a guideway member loosely mounted on the axle, a rod'member extending through said pulley and designed to engage with the guideway member, a ratchet wheel on said shaft and means formed on said rod designed to engage with said ratchet wheel whereby, on the field wheel being rotated,tl1e axle is rotated, cable means connecting said pulleys with the harrows whereby, on the axle being rotated by the lield wheel, the cables are wound on the pulleys, an opera-tively mounted trip on the guideway member and means operable from the drivers seat for operating said trip member to open and close the guideway whereby the end of the rod member is engaged or disengaged therefrom to raise or lower the harrows.

5. A device of the character described, comprising a frame, a pair of axles square in cross-seetionland formed with spindles at each end, a pair of slotted frame members designed lto engage ywith the inner pair of spindles, a pair of land wheels loosely carried on the outer pair of spindles, pulleys xedly mounted on said axles and flexibly connected with a plurality of harrows, ratchet members on said wheels, disc head pieces connected to the slotted frame members and loosely mounted on the inner spindles, guideways on said pieces, rods extending through the pulleys and adapted to engage the ratchet members and the guideways, means operable from the drivers seat to engage with said rods to wind the pulleys, means for automatically disengaging said rods to unwind said pulleys, and means for returning the rods to starting position.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

. JAMES PICK. 

